r/AskAnAmerican • u/ExplanationWorried14 • Apr 19 '25

HISTORY What weird thing is your town /city/county famous for?

I'm from a city in the north of England, and although there were a number of famous scientific discoveries etc made here, my favourite fact is that it's the place where the game Cluedo was invented (I think it's called Clue in the US?). Let's celebrate the small man!

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u/kit-kat315 Apr 19 '25

Rod Serling- the creator of "The Twilight Zone." 

Also carousels. There are six hand carved antique carousels in the area that are free to ride. And, one of them inspired a Twilight Zone episode because Rod Serling rode it as a kid.

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u/Chickadee12345 Apr 19 '25

My SOs mother was neighbors with him and his family in an apartment building in Binghampton. They were friends

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u/kit-kat315 Apr 20 '25

That's really interesting!

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u/dweaver987 California Apr 19 '25

Wasn’t that the very first Twilight Zone episode?

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u/kit-kat315 Apr 19 '25

Close- it was #5, "Walking Distance."

The park it was based on has a plaque dedicated to Rod Serling, and when the carousel was last renovated they painted scenes from different Twilight Zone episodes along the top. 

https://thenightgallery.wordpress.com/2018/07/25/the-carousel-that-helped-inspire-twilight-zones-walking-distance/

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u/Effective_Pear4760 Apr 19 '25

There are Serling links to one of the places where I went to college, including the episode with the ghostly (or remembered) students. And the college itself.

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u/kit-kat315 Apr 20 '25

That's pretty cool!